The owner of a steam tugboat which participated in the pivotal Dunkirk evacuation says the vessel is in "desperate need of repairs" as it is one of the last operational steam tugs in the country.

Turner’s painting depicts this once-mighty gladiator of the seas being towed along the River Thames by a steam tugboat – a relatively new invention of the time. This reflects the widespread belief ...

Turner's painting depicts this once-mighty gladiator of the seas being towed down a burnished River Thames by a much more recently invented steam-powered tugboat. A brief segment in the 2012 James ...

A SEAFRONT funfair in Essex is to massively expand, taking over the derelict site of its former neighbour. Fantasy Island, in Eastern Esplanade, Canvey Island, will take over site of Leisure Island, ...

The steam-tug Yankee was also quietly chartered by the Government, and slipped out of the harbor on Monday evening, at 5 o'clock, in company with the Baltic. She is a new and powerful tug ...

Later in the year the 1890 steam ferryboat Eureka and the 1907 steam tug Hercules will arrive. The main event will be the arrival of the iconic Balclutha, the Hyde Street fleet flagship with an ...

A Suffolk man needs to raise £35,000 to take a near 100-year-old steam tug back to Dunkirk, where it was involved in the evacuation of British soldiers during the Second World War. Chris Bannister, ...

A Suffolk man needs to raise £35,000 to take a near 100-year-old steam tug back to Dunkirk ... Boats and ships to sound horns in tribute to Queen's 70 years as monarch His repair work resulted ...